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Today marks 3 years since more than 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar to escape what UN investigators called a “genocide”.

Our journalists @MIJamjoom, @StefanieDekker, @ShowkatShafi, and @furcoisorin reflect on the suffering they saw at refugee camps in Bangladesh.

@MIJamjoom @StefanieDekker @ShowkatShafi @furcoisorin About a million Rohingya refugees live in Bangladesh camps since they fled a Myanmar military operation on August 25, 2017 aje.io/87glw

@MIJamjoom @StefanieDekker @ShowkatShafi @furcoisorin About 600,000 Rohingya remain in Myanmar, but most are not regarded as citizens, living in what Amnesty International describes as "apartheid" conditions aje.io/87glw

@MIJamjoom @StefanieDekker @ShowkatShafi @furcoisorin "Everyone in Myanmar, regardless of their ethnicity or religion, must have the same opportunity to contest in elections." - Tun Khin, The Burma Rohingya Organisation UK. aje.io/qvgkg

@MIJamjoom @StefanieDekker @ShowkatShafi @furcoisorin The UN described Myanmar's brutal crackdown on the Rohingya as "textbook example of ethnic cleansing."

Every refugee has a story of pain, loss and longing for home.

We capture some of the faces behind the numbers: 100 portraits of Rohingya refugees aje.io/2qeja

@MIJamjoom @StefanieDekker @ShowkatShafi @furcoisorin How does reporting on “the most horrific descriptions of atrocities” affect a journalist?

In #BetweenUs, @MIJamjoom shares what it was like to cover the Rohingya crisis.

@MIJamjoom @StefanieDekker @ShowkatShafi @furcoisorin Pressuring Bangladesh to do more will not help the Rohingya — #AJOpinion, by @nasiruddincu